Week of May 23rd Monday - Wednesday
Art of the Film - Dead Poet's Society
Thursday
Class Review
Friday
Fun Day Week of May 16th
Monday - Thursday
Final Project Presentations
Friday Reading Day
Week of May 9th
Monday - Tuesday
Historical Fiction Due
Workshop final project
Wednesday - Friday
Final Project Presentations
Week of May 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
Historical Fiction Peer Edit - Due on Thursday
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction to final project/paper/presentation. Workshop final project/paper/presentation.
Week of April 25th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
Historical Fiction Workshop
Thursday - Friday
Circle Share Historical Fiction
Week of April 18th
Monday Debate - PEDs
Tuesday - Wednesday
Historical Fiction Workshop
Thursday Unit 15 Vocabulary Due
Friday Unit 15 Vocabulary Test
Week of April 11th
Monday PSSA Assembly Help
Tuesday
Debate Prep
Wednesday Report to Mrs. Bishel's Room
Debate - Leaving Campus for Lunches
Thursday
Introduction to Unit 15 Vocabulary
Friday
Debate - Smoking
Week of April 4th
Monday - Wednesday
Debate Preparation
Thursday
Unit 14 Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit 14 Vocabulary Test
Week of March 28th
Monday
No School - Easter Break
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 14 Vocabulary
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction and Workshop Debate
Week of March 21st
Monday
The Villanelle Debate Decision
Tuesday
Reading Day
Wednesday - Friday
No Class - Easter Break
Week of March 14th
Monday - Wednesday Finish How to Speeches
Thursday
Unit 13 Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit 13 Vocabulary Test
Week of March 7th
Monday Introduction to How To Speech Finish Impromptu Speech Workshop How To Speech
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 13 vocabulary - due next Wednesday.
Wednesday - Friday
How To Speech Presentation
Week of February 29th
Monday - Thursday
Hamlet viewing essay due. Line by line interpretation of the To be or not to be soliloquy. Students will then write an analysis of the interpretation.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
Finish watching and taking notes on Hamlet.
Wednesday - Friday
Students will use class time to work on their essay about the film, Hamlet.
Week of February 15th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Students will watch Hamlet and complete a film study worksheet.
Week of February 8th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review/Workshop Novel Essay
Wednesday
Unit 12 Vocabulary Due
Thursday
Unit 12 Vocabulary Test
Friday No School
Week of February 1st
Monday Workshop Novel Essay Novel Essay Rough Draft due by the end of the day
Tuesday
Introduce Unit 12 Vocabulary - Due Wednesday, February 10th
Wednesday - Friday
Peer Review/Workshop Novel Essay - Final Draft Due Tuesday, February 16th. Week of January 25th
Monday - Friday
Workshop Novel Essay Ten page draft due on Monday, February 2nd.
Week of January 18th
Monday No School
Tuesday - Friday
Workshop Novel Essay
Introduction due Tuesday
First Five Page - Due Friday
Week of January 11th
Monday - Friday
Workshop Novel Essay
Week of January 4th
Monday - Tuesday
Introduction to midterm essay. Midterm essay and poetry argument due on Wednesday.
Wednesday
Poetry essay and midterm essay due.
Introduction to Novel Essay.
Thursday - Friday
Library introduction to Novel Essay.
Week of December 21st
Monday
Peer Edit - Final draft of poetry argument due on January 4th.
Tuesday - Friday
Christmas Break
Week of December 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop poetry argument.
Wednesday
Draft of poetry argument due.
Thursday - Friday
Poetry Argument Peer Review
Week of December 7th
Monday - Wednesday
Final Draft of rhetorical analysis, An Inconvenient Truth, due. Introduction to poetry argument.
Thursday - Friday
Students will begin researching and drafting poetry argument.
Week of November 30th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Peer Edit of rhetorical analysis - final draft due Monday, December 7th.
Wednesday
Unit eleven vocabulary due
Thursday
Unit eleven vocabulary test
Friday
Introduction to Poetry Argument
Week of November 23rd
Monday - Tuesday
Peer editing of rhetorical analysis of An Inconvenient Truth.
Wednesday - Friday
No school - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 16th
Monday - Wednesday
Students will workshop draft of a rhetorical analysis of An Inconvenient Truth.
Thursday
Draft of rhetorical analysis due Introduction to unit eleven vocabulary
Friday
Reading Day
Week of November 9th
Monday - Thursday
Students will watch An Inconvenient Truth and take notes for a rhetorical analysis essay.
Friday
No School
Week of November 2nd
Monday
Finish peer editing and workshop Rhetorical Analysis
Tuesday
Vocabulary - Unit Ten due
Wednesday
Rhetorical Analysis of Commercial Due Vocabulary - Unit Ten test
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis of the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth
Week of October 26th
Monday
Workshop Rhetorical Analysis of commercial.
Tuesday
Draft of Rhetorical Analysis of commercial due Introduction to Unit Ten Vocabulary
Wednesday - Friday
Peer editing of draft of Rhetorical Analysis
Week of October 19th
Monday
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (pathos, logos, ethos, audience, purpose, claim, tone and technique)
Watch a teacher chosen commercial and analyze with rhetorical devices.
Tuesday - Wednesday
With a partner, students will choose a commercial and present it to the class.
Thursday
Introduction to Unit 10 Vocabulary
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 12th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Persuasive Essay Due Vocabulary Packet - Unit 9 Due
Wednesday
Unit 9 Vocabulary Test
Thursday-Friday
Diction, syntax and audience Students will write letters about similar topics to different audiences and discuss differences in styles.
Week of October 5th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Editing
Wednesday
Workshop Persuasive Essay - Due Tuesday, October 13th.
Thursday
Vocabulary Unit 9 Due
Friday
Vocabulary Unit 9 Test Due
Week of September 28th
Monday-Tuesday
Workshop Persuasive Essay
Wednesday
Draft of Persuasive Essay Due
Unit 9 Vocabulary Introduction
Thursday - Friday
Peer Review - Persuasive Essay
Week of September 21st
Monday
Vocabulary Test - Unit Eight
Tuesday
Students will read “A Crime of Compassion” on page 343 and “The Declaration of Independence” on page 547 and respond to the questions.
Wednesday
Review readings and introduce Persuasive Writing.
Thursday - Friday
Workshop Persuasive Draft.
Week of September 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review - Narrative Essay - Final Due on Monday
Wednesday
Vocabulary - Unit Eight Review
Thursday
Vocabulary Test - Unit Eight
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 7th
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Questions for "What's in a Name" and "Momma, the Dentist and Me" due.
Prewriting for Narrative Essay
Wednesday - Thursday
Workshop rough draft (3 pages) of narrative essay - due on Friday.
Friday
Introduction to Unit Eight Words.
Week of August 31st
Monday
Peer Review - This I Believe
Tuesday - Wednesday
This I Believe Presentations
Thursday
Describe Narrative Writing. Review expectations for the Reading Journal. Read "What's in a Name" and "Momma, the Dentist and Me" and respond to questions at the end of the readings.
Friday
Review Reading Selections.
Prewriting - Narrative Essay due on Monday.
Week of August 24th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to class - students will bring home a syllabus and information for Remind. Introduction to "This I Believe" Essay.
Wednesday
Information about "This I Believe" essay. More information can be found here - www.thisibelieve.org.
Monday - Wednesday
Art of the Film - Dead Poet's Society
Thursday
Class Review
Friday
Fun Day
Week of May 16th
Monday - Thursday
Final Project Presentations
Friday
Reading Day
Week of May 9th
Monday - Tuesday
Historical Fiction Due
Workshop final project
Wednesday - Friday
Final Project Presentations
Week of May 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
Historical Fiction Peer Edit - Due on Thursday
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction to final project/paper/presentation.
Workshop final project/paper/presentation.
Week of April 25th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
Historical Fiction Workshop
Thursday - Friday
Circle Share Historical Fiction
Week of April 18th
Monday
Debate - PEDs
Tuesday - Wednesday
Historical Fiction Workshop
Thursday
Unit 15 Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit 15 Vocabulary Test
Week of April 11th
Monday
PSSA Assembly Help
Tuesday
Debate Prep
Wednesday
Report to Mrs. Bishel's Room
Debate - Leaving Campus for Lunches
Thursday
Introduction to Unit 15 Vocabulary
Friday
Debate - Smoking
Week of April 4th
Monday - Wednesday
Debate Preparation
Thursday
Unit 14 Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit 14 Vocabulary Test
Week of March 28th
Monday
No School - Easter Break
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 14 Vocabulary
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction and Workshop Debate
Week of March 21st
Monday
The Villanelle
Debate Decision
Tuesday
Reading Day
Wednesday - Friday
No Class - Easter Break
Week of March 14th
Monday - Wednesday
Finish How to Speeches
Thursday
Unit 13 Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit 13 Vocabulary Test
Week of March 7th
Monday
Introduction to How To Speech
Finish Impromptu Speech
Workshop How To Speech
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit 13 vocabulary - due next Wednesday.
Wednesday - Friday
How To Speech Presentation
Week of February 29th
Monday - Thursday
Hamlet viewing essay due.
Line by line interpretation of the To be or not to be soliloquy. Students will then write an analysis of the interpretation.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
Finish watching and taking notes on Hamlet.
Wednesday - Friday
Students will use class time to work on their essay about the film, Hamlet.
Week of February 15th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Students will watch Hamlet and complete a film study worksheet.
Week of February 8th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review/Workshop Novel Essay
Wednesday
Unit 12 Vocabulary Due
Thursday
Unit 12 Vocabulary Test
Friday
No School
Week of February 1st
Monday
Workshop Novel Essay
Novel Essay Rough Draft due by the end of the day
Tuesday
Introduce Unit 12 Vocabulary - Due Wednesday, February 10th
Wednesday - Friday
Peer Review/Workshop Novel Essay - Final Draft Due Tuesday, February 16th.
Week of January 25th
Monday - Friday
Workshop Novel Essay
Ten page draft due on Monday, February 2nd.
Week of January 18th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Friday
Workshop Novel Essay
Introduction due Tuesday
First Five Page - Due Friday
Week of January 11th
Monday - Friday
Workshop Novel Essay
Week of January 4th
Monday - Tuesday
Introduction to midterm essay.
Midterm essay and poetry argument due on Wednesday.
Wednesday
Poetry essay and midterm essay due.
Introduction to Novel Essay.
Thursday - Friday
Library introduction to Novel Essay.
Week of December 21st
Monday
Peer Edit - Final draft of poetry argument due on January 4th.
Tuesday - Friday
Christmas Break
Week of December 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Workshop poetry argument.
Wednesday
Draft of poetry argument due.
Thursday - Friday
Poetry Argument Peer Review
Week of December 7th
Monday - Wednesday
Final Draft of rhetorical analysis, An Inconvenient Truth, due.
Introduction to poetry argument.
Thursday - Friday
Students will begin researching and drafting poetry argument.
Week of November 30th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Peer Edit of rhetorical analysis - final draft due Monday, December 7th.
Wednesday
Unit eleven vocabulary due
Thursday
Unit eleven vocabulary test
Friday
Introduction to Poetry Argument
Week of November 23rd
Monday - Tuesday
Peer editing of rhetorical analysis of An Inconvenient Truth.
Wednesday - Friday
No school - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 16th
Monday - Wednesday
Students will workshop draft of a rhetorical analysis of An Inconvenient Truth.
Thursday
Draft of rhetorical analysis due
Introduction to unit eleven vocabulary
Friday
Reading Day
Week of November 9th
Monday - Thursday
Students will watch An Inconvenient Truth and take notes for a rhetorical analysis essay.
Friday
No School
Week of November 2nd
Monday
Finish peer editing and workshop Rhetorical Analysis
Tuesday
Vocabulary - Unit Ten due
Wednesday
Rhetorical Analysis of Commercial Due
Vocabulary - Unit Ten test
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis of the documentary, An Inconvenient Truth
Week of October 26th
Monday
Workshop Rhetorical Analysis of commercial.
Tuesday
Draft of Rhetorical Analysis of commercial due
Introduction to Unit Ten Vocabulary
Wednesday - Friday
Peer editing of draft of Rhetorical Analysis
Week of October 19th
Monday
Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (pathos, logos, ethos, audience, purpose, claim, tone and technique)
Watch a teacher chosen commercial and analyze with rhetorical devices.
Tuesday - Wednesday
With a partner, students will choose a commercial and present it to the class.
Thursday
Introduction to Unit 10 Vocabulary
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 12th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Persuasive Essay Due
Vocabulary Packet - Unit 9 Due
Wednesday
Unit 9 Vocabulary Test
Thursday-Friday
Diction, syntax and audience
Students will write letters about similar topics to different audiences and discuss differences in styles.
Week of October 5th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Editing
Wednesday
Workshop Persuasive Essay - Due Tuesday, October 13th.
Thursday
Vocabulary Unit 9 Due
Friday
Vocabulary Unit 9 Test Due
Week of September 28th
Monday-Tuesday
Workshop Persuasive Essay
Wednesday
Draft of Persuasive Essay Due
Unit 9 Vocabulary Introduction
Thursday - Friday
Peer Review - Persuasive Essay
Week of September 21st
Monday
Vocabulary Test - Unit Eight
Tuesday
Students will read “A Crime of Compassion” on page 343 and “The Declaration of Independence” on page 547 and respond to the questions.
Wednesday
Review readings and introduce Persuasive Writing.
Thursday - Friday
Workshop Persuasive Draft.
Week of September 14th
Monday - Tuesday
Peer Review - Narrative Essay - Final Due on Monday
Wednesday
Vocabulary - Unit Eight Review
Thursday
Vocabulary Test - Unit Eight
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 7th
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Questions for "What's in a Name" and "Momma, the Dentist and Me" due.
Prewriting for Narrative Essay
Wednesday - Thursday
Workshop rough draft (3 pages) of narrative essay - due on Friday.
Friday
Introduction to Unit Eight Words.
Week of August 31st
Monday
Peer Review - This I Believe
Tuesday - Wednesday
This I Believe Presentations
Thursday
Describe Narrative Writing.
Review expectations for the Reading Journal.
Read "What's in a Name" and "Momma, the Dentist and Me" and respond to questions at the end of the readings.
Friday
Review Reading Selections.
Prewriting - Narrative Essay due on Monday.
Week of August 24th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Introduction to class - students will bring home a syllabus and information for Remind.
Introduction to "This I Believe" Essay.
Wednesday
Information about "This I Believe" essay. More information can be found here - www.thisibelieve.org.
Introduction to the Writing Process.
Prewriting activity for "This I Believe" essay.
Thursday
Drafting "This I Believe" essay - due Monday.
Friday
AR book approval
Book Talk
Independent Reading